Nexus Book Edition 1.4: SSL Doc, Expanded Install Docs

Announcing the availability of Repository Management with Nexus, Edition 1.4. Learn Nexus today by:

• Reading this book on the Sonatype site


• Downloading the PDF from Sonatype


• Reading this book on Scribd

This edition contains three major changes from Edition 1.3, and a series of smaller changes that are captured in the release notes included at the end of this blog post:

• A new appendix focused on SSL configuration: configuring client-side certificates, configuring Nexus to serve SSL directly, and configuring SSL redirect.


• Expansion of the installation chapter to describe the contents of the various directories created by Nexus.


• Numerous typos, references, and errors fixed in the latest edition of the book.

Repository Management with Sonatype Nexus

The following changes were introduced in Edition 1.4 on August 24,
2009:


The following typos and errors were addressed in edition
1.4:

• 
  Fixed a number of dangling cross-references:
  
  
  
  

  
  
  • 
    Fixed Dangling Reference in Section 2.8, “Installing the Nexus WAR” (NXBOOK-130)
    
    
  
  
  
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    Fixed Dangling Reference in Section 9.4, “Performing a Staged Deployment with Maven” (NXBOOK-137)
    
    
  
  
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    Fixed Dangling Reference in Section 9.3.3, “Configuring Staging Profiles” (NXBOOK-136)
    
    
  
  
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    Fixed Dangling Reference in Section 9.6, “Managing Staging Repositories in Nexus” (NXBOOK-138)
    
    
  
  
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    Fixed Dangling Reference in Section 2.7, “Running Nexus Behind a Proxy” (NXBOOK-129)
    
    
  
  
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    Fixed Dangling Reference in Section 2.5, “Post-Install Checklist” (NXBOOK-128)
    
    
  
  
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    Fixed Dangling Reference in Section 6.3.2, “Nexus Procurement Suite” (NXBOOK-135)
    
    
  
  
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    Fixed Dangling Reference in Section 5.1.2.1, “Selecting Mirrors for Proxy Repositories” (NXBOOK-133)
    
    
  
  
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    Removed a Dangling Reference from Section 5.1.2, “Managing Repositories” (NXBOOK-132)
    
    
  
  
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    Fixed Dangling Reference in Section 5.1.3, “Managing Groups” (NXBOOK-134)
    
    
  
  
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    Fixed Dangling Reference in Section 4.4, “Searching for Artifacts” (NXBOOK-131)
    
    
  
  
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    Removed a Dangling Reference from Section B.2.1, “Migrating an Archiva Managed Repository” (NXBOOK-139)
    
    
  
  

  
  


• 
  Fixed an wrong caption for Figure 2.5, “Nexus Application Window (default login/password is
  admin/admin123)” (NXBOOK-183)
  
  


• 
  Fixed a bad script name in Section 2.6.1, “Startup Scripts for Linux”. (NXBOOK-181
  and NXBOOK-189)
  
  


• 
  Removed all DocBook link elements. (NXBOOK-155)
  
  


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  Minor rewording in Section 2.6.1.1, “Add Nexus as a Service on Redhat, Fedora, and CentOS”. (NXBOOK-199)
  
  


• 
  Rewording in Section 2.7, “Running Nexus Behind a Proxy”.
  (NXBOOK-192)
  
  


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  Removed stray parenthetical statement from Section 2.2.3, “Installing Nexus Professional”. (NXBOOK-174)
  
  


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  Minor rewording in Section 2.2.3, “Installing Nexus Professional”.
  (NXBOOK-175)
  
  


• 
  Clarified that the note at the end of Section 2.3, “Upgrading Nexus” only applies when upgrading
  from Nexus 1.2 to Nexus 1.3. (NXBOOK-179)
  
  


• 
  
  Fixed a typo in Section 9.7.2, “Configuring Nexus Maven Plugin for Staging”:
  Parameter incorrectly listed as "nexusURL" changed to "nexusUrl".
  (NXBOOK-51)